I. Original text
No matter underground or on the mountain, where there are flowers in full bloom, there are bees busy.
After picking flowers into honey, who will work hard for whom and who will be sweet?
Second, translation.
Whether on the flat land or on the mountain peak, beautiful scenery is occupied by bees. Bee, you picked all the flowers and made nectar. Who have you worked hard for and who do you want to taste the sweetness?
Third, the source
Luo Yin's Bees in Tang Dynasty
First, the creative background
At the end of the 13th year of Dazhong (AD 859), Luo Yin went to Beijing and worked as a scholar for seven years. The author was disheartened, and then he saw the people working in the fields, and some court officials got something for nothing, resulting in resentment. This may be the reason why Luo Yin wrote this poem "Bees" to satirize people who get something for nothing.
Second, appreciate
This poem praises the noble character of hard work of bees, and also implies the author's hatred and dissatisfaction with people who get something for nothing. This poem has several characteristics in artistic expression: it wants to seize the past and give it, but it is powerful; Narrative backchat, singing sighs and feelings; The meaning is profound and can be interpreted in two ways.